…bond markets. The rise in interest rates was so sharp and fast that the US economy slowed dramatically in 1995, and nearly went into recession. Once again, Greenspan had to…

Higher Rates in Europe, Too? The markets took to heart Greenspan’s comments about the danger of deflation receding, and bond yields rose to their highest level in months. Some of…

…The bond market is dutifully plunging in response. Note one interesting thing: this follows closely on the heels of several reports that consumer confidence has been falling. Add another data…

…and spending. If the programs are worthwhile and not pure pork, then politicians should be able to garner support for taxes, fees, and bond issues to fund those programs. This…

…and businesses will keep spending at these extremely high rates for more than a quarter or two… I would definitely not want to be in the bond market today. Kash…

…weak-dollar policy became most obvious. Yet Japan needs the yen to fall because it needs inflation to help wipe out the massive debts the country incurred both during the bubble…

…and where the consumer-price inflation rate is still only 0.5%. For the time being, likelier problems are roaring asset prices and a further increase in China’s already enormous bad-debt problems,…

…“they discussed plans for a new bond issue” [syn: plan, programme] 3: (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; “the program required several hundred…

…for America, not for politics, and as long as I have air in my lungs I will continue to speak my mind. …We made a sacred bond with these men…

Lifted from comments from reader Juan: Where Did the Risk Go? How Misapplied Bond Ratings Cause Mortgage Backed Securities and Collateralized Debt Obligation Market Disruptions Joseph R. Mason. Louisiana State…